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seismic waves correct answers Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake. crust correct answers the outer layer of the Earth mantle correct answers the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core lithosphere correct answers the so...

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seismic waves correct answers Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released
during an earthquake.

crust correct answers the outer layer of the Earth

mantle correct answers the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core

lithosphere correct answers the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the
rigid upper part of the mantle

asthenosphere correct answers the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats

basalt correct answers a rock that makes up much of the ocean floor

granite correct answers a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust

outer core correct answers a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of
Earth

inner core correct answers a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth

radiation correct answers the transfer of energy through space

conduction correct answers the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance
that it is touching

convection correct answers the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

density correct answers the amount of matter in a given space

convection current correct answers the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in
temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another

continental drift correct answers the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a
single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations

Pangaea correct answers large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined
together

fossil correct answers the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past
geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

mid-ocean ridge correct answers An underwater moutain chain where new ocean floor is formed

, sonar correct answers a device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording
echoes of sound waves

sea-floor spreading correct answers the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust
to the ocean floor

deep-ocean trench correct answers a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic
crust slowly sinks toward the mantle

subduction correct answers the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench
and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary

plate correct answers a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere,
carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

plate tectonics correct answers the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant
motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

fault correct answers a crack in the earth's crust

divergent plate boundary correct answers a boundary where plates are spreading apart

rift valley correct answers a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart

convergent boundary correct answers a plate boundary where two plates move tward each other

transform boundary correct answers boundary where two plates slide past each other

stress correct answers a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

tension correct answers stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle

compression correct answers the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed

shearing correct answers stress that pushes a mass of rock in opposite directions

normal fault correct answers a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by
tension in the crust

reverse fault correct answers a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by
compression in the crust

hanging wall correct answers The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault.

footwall correct answers the block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault

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